Hello friends! You didn't think I would go for the entire year without posting something, did you?
Today, we're going to talk a little about Halloween. I don't think I really need to tell you that there have been many, many spooky commercials over the last couple of decades. Let's take a look at some of them, shall we?
This first one is a Toys 'R' Us ad from 1980. Let's watch:
One thing that immediately stands out is the music. It's a perfect mix of spooky and zany. I like the lack of a voice-over for the first half of the commercial. It's not yelling at you to buy anything. Without a word, this commercial says "Hey, it's Halloween! You better start thinking of what you want to dress up as!" (That sounds grammatically incorrect. Would that be "You better start thinking of that as which you would like to dress?")
And check out this imagery!
Those are probably the lamest costumes I've ever seen. Maybe they were pretty cool by 1980s standards, but I don't think they'd hold up too much today. Why would Yoda wear a t-shirt with his own image on it?
All in all, I would still call this a pretty fun commercial. It has everything: great music, spooky animation, and terrible costumes.
The fun doesn't end there, though. That last spot, great as it was, came out about two and a half years before I was born. Here's one that I distinctly remember from, well, sometime in the 90's.
Pizza Head was a blatant Mr. Bill rip-off that Pizza Hut used from 1993 until 1997. If you're a piece of pizza, this commercial really stabs at all your nightmares!
I forgot just how much I loved Pizza Head, which is weird when you consider that I really hate Mr. Bill.
Anyway, that's all I've got for now. I've got one more commercial that I'm going to try to get to before Halloween, and if it doesn't get put up this year, it'll definitely be around next year.
Until then, have a happy Halloween!
And check out this imagery!
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Oh no, the cat is throwing up
ghosts, witches, and other scary things.
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| Come in here! Y'gotta see this... |
(followed by...)
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Oh my god, a dancing skeleton!
Geoffrey, you wacky giraffe, you didn't
prepare me for that!
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And check out some these two costumes.
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| Gimpy Big Bird |
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| Gimpy Yoda |
Those are probably the lamest costumes I've ever seen. Maybe they were pretty cool by 1980s standards, but I don't think they'd hold up too much today. Why would Yoda wear a t-shirt with his own image on it?
All in all, I would still call this a pretty fun commercial. It has everything: great music, spooky animation, and terrible costumes.
The fun doesn't end there, though. That last spot, great as it was, came out about two and a half years before I was born. Here's one that I distinctly remember from, well, sometime in the 90's.
Pizza Head was a blatant Mr. Bill rip-off that Pizza Hut used from 1993 until 1997. If you're a piece of pizza, this commercial really stabs at all your nightmares!
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| Pizza-cutter mummy |
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| Pizza-cutter scary picture |
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| Pizza-cutter vampire |
Anyway, that's all I've got for now. I've got one more commercial that I'm going to try to get to before Halloween, and if it doesn't get put up this year, it'll definitely be around next year.
Until then, have a happy Halloween!
